Does microfinance work? A survey of research so far…
A superb literature survey on the state of microfinance. Five economists write this survey – Jonathan Bauchet, Cristobal Marshall, Laura Starita, Jeanette Thomas and Anna Yalouris. The survey is mainly...
View ArticleHow an academic economist discovered a useful theory via trading in markets
John Geanakoplos, an economics professor at Yale and has Greece origins. His grandfather migrated to US from Greece in search of a better life. He explains in this speech how he became an economist...
View ArticleThe Best 10 Economics Papers of 2011
Here is a list of 10 best papers as per Andres Marroquin (what a blog design) (HT: Tyler Cowen) Economics and Emigration: Trillion-Dollar Bills on the Sidewalk? by Michael Clemens. Governance and...
View ArticlePrivatization of Mumbai and Delhi Airport- Thriller of a case study
There was a lot of media coverage as these two airports were privatised. Prateek Kuhad (an intern in the Secretariat for Infrastructure, Planning Commission during July-August 2010) writes this superb...
View ArticleNational Food Security Bill: A discussion
This is the title of my new paper. It look at the economics of the bill and the debates so far. Comments/suggestions are always welcome..
View ArticleEconomic and Financial Developments in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Deepak Mohanty, ED of RBI is RBI’s regional economy expert. He has been giving speeches explaining economies of North-East region , Goa and now Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Unlike the other speeches...
View ArticleReviewing 21 books on the 2007 crisis: Facts vs Fantasies
Andrew Lo of MIT’s this paper really helps as it reviews 21 books on the crisis (HT: Cowen). Though Lo just gives a very brief overview of the books, atleast now you know what each one is talking...
View ArticleA history of development of Pakistan’s financial sector (and similarities...
Yaseen Anwar, Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan gives a super speech on the topic. What is amazing to note is some interesting similarities and differences with India’s history of financial...
View ArticleWhy did the Soviet Union fall?
Picked up from Tyler Cowen’s post in 2007 (Tabarrok in a review of MR blog in 2011 mentions this post). It is based on this AEI lecture by Yegor Gaidar which in turn is a summary of this book written...
View ArticleLessons from Tamil Nadu’s Road Safety system
World Bank has implemented a project to improve road safety in TN (pdf here). They have developed a software which is fully web-based. This system is called Road Accident Data Management System...
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